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Dear B i l l :

T h i s w i l l acknowledge r e c e i p t o f t h r e e c o p i e s o f your r e p o r t - " P r e l i m i n a r y Assessments o f E x p l o r a t i o n P o t e n t i a l A dams-Ivanhoe-Whistler l o d e segments on C a r n e g i e " .

I n o t e your comments r e . d i s t r i b u t i o n and B i l l Hogg. I w i l l make a copy o f t h e r e p o r t and send i t t o B i l l b u t , we cannot r e p r o d u c e t h e map No. P . C . - l . Would you send a copy o f t h i s map t o B i l l Hogg d i r e c t l y .

E s s e n t i a l l y you suggest t h a t t h e segment o f t h e l o d e c e n t e r i n g on Sandon Creek a t e l e v a t i o n + 5,000 f t . may be a f a v o u r a b l e t a r g e t a r e a , s u b j e c t , o f c o u r s e , t o f u r t h e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n .

For t h e t i m e b e i n g , I don't t h i n k we w i l l t a k e any f u r t h e r a c t i o n on t h i s m a t t e r , o t h e r t h a n t o d i s c u s s t h e r e p o r t w i t h you when we ne x t g e t t o g e t h e r ,

However, t h e c u r r e n t p r i c e s f o r s i l v e r , l e a d and z i n c c e r t a i n l y make t h e Sandon a r e a v e r y a t t r a c t i v e , as I'm sure you know, and we may be a b l e t o d e v e l o p enough i n t e r e s t t o a l l o w f o r f i n a n c i n g such a p r o j e c t .

K i n d e s t r e g a r d s ,

Yours v e r y t r u l y ,

KAM-KOTIA MINES LIMITED,

GWW/rk G. W. Walkey, V i c e - P r e s i d e n t and G e n e r a l Manager

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INTRODUCTION

The c u r r e n t r e p o r t i s l a r g e l y based on r e c o r d s o f s u r f a c e and underground g e o l o g i c a l s t u d i e s by C a r n e g i e s t a f f d u r i n g 1953-54 and o f c r o s s - c u t and d i a m o n d - d r i l l e x p l o r a t i o n o f the South l o d e system a t , and c l o s e l y above S i l v e r s m i t h No. 10 h o r i z o n . Other r e f e r e n c e s c o m p r i s e maps c o m p i l e d by t h e Kelowna E x p l o r a t i o n Company, G.S.C. and B.C.D.M. r e p o r t s by C.E. C a i r n e s and M.S. Hedley r e s p e c t i v e l y , and t h e w r i t e r ' s p e r s o n a l r e c o r d s and background e x p e r i e n c e . The w r i t e r and Mr. Walkey s u b s e q u e n t l y d i s c u s s e d some f e a t u r e s r e g a r d i n g the geology o f the v a r i o u s l o d e s t r a v e r s i n g t h e C a r n e g i e p r o p e r t y and problems r e l a t i n g t o the e x p l o r a t i o n o f r e l a t i v e l y u n e x p l o r e d , b u t p o t e n t i a l l y - m i n e r a l i z e d p o r t i o n s o f them. On the b a s i s o f t h i s d i s c u s s i o n , r e l a t e d c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , and the d a t a made a v a i l a b l e Mr. Walkey asked t h e w r i t e r t o f u r n i s h a r e p o r t w h i c h would o u t l i n e t h e e x p l o r a t i o n ( o r e ) p o t e n t i a l w i t h i n C a r n e g i e ' s ground and which might i n c l u d e s p e c i f i c e x p l o r a t i o n p r o p o s a l s and, i f p o s s i b l e , some assessment o f e x p l o r a t i o n p o s s i b l i t i e s - p r i n c i p a l l y w i t h i n t h e South l o d e system.

The C a r n e g i e s u r f a c e g e o l o g i c a l mapping, a l t h o u g h v e r y c o m p e t e n t l y p e r f o r m e d , does not have q u i t e t h e coverage r e q u i r e d f o r a b r o a d i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f major b e d d i n g s t r u c t u r e s c o n t a i n i n g t h e 'South' l o d e s . A c o n c u r r e n t d e f i c i e n c y c o n c e r n s t h e i r d e l i n e a t i o n o f t h e topography w h i c h , beyond t h e i r t r a n s i t - c h a i n c o n t r o l , i s p a r t l y based on pace-and-compass t r a v e r s e s and the

„^/earlier B.C. Dept. o f Mines p l a n e - t a b l e c o n t r o l . I n an attempt t o produce a b r o a d e r and more a c c u r a t e p l a n on a more c o n v e n i e n t s c a l e t h e w r i t e r c o m p i l e d t h e accompanying map v i a the f o l l o w i n g s t e p s :

/ ; 1 . C o n v e r t C a r n e g i e 1"=200' map t o l ' ^ O O 1 . 2. Co n v e r t l o c a l a r e a Kelowna Ex. 1 ,=1200 I map t o l , = 4 0 0 l

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3. C o n v e r t C a r n e g i e l " - 4 0 ' d e t a i l t o l"=400 l and 'composite the s m a l l s t r u c t u r a l d e t a i l .

4. Combine and ' f i t ' t h e f o r e g o i n g t o produce t h e 1 ,=400' composite r e q u i r e d f o r s t r u c t u r a l i n t e r p r e t a t i o n .

5. Add r e l e v a n t d e t a i l from K e l . Ex. Map No. 2 {l n=100') t o the above c o m p o s i t e p l a n .

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The r e s u l t i n g 1" = 400' map e n a b l e d the w r i t e r to deduce the t r a c e o f t h e a x i a l p l a n e o f the "Queen Bess" f o l d and p e r m i t t e d t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f c o n s e c u t i v e c r o s s s e c t i o n s (attached) on the t r a c e o f the South l o d e s . To summarize, drawings w i t h t h i s r e p o r t a r e :

Dwg. No. P.C. - 1, C r o s s S e c t i o n s AA, BB, CC, and DD.

LODES & PAST PRODUCTION:

(A) Main S l o c a n Lode

W i t h i n the C a r n e g i e p r o p e r t y t h i s i s r e p r e s e n t e d , from west t o e a s t , by t h e f o l l o w i n g c o n s e c u t i v e , p r o d u c t i v e l o d e segments -s e p a r a t e d by f o r m a t i o n a l ( t a n g e n t i a l ) f a u l t s w h i c h , between ' o f f s e t 1

l o d e segments, a r e a l s o m i n e r a l i z e d (predom, Zns) o v e r d i s t a n c e s o f a few f e e t t o 100 f e e t o r more from the o f f s e t ends o f the above segments: Hope, New Ruth o r 'West S i l v e r s m i t h ' , S i l v e r s m i t h , S l o c a n S t a r , and Richmond - Eureka.

The i n d i v i d u a l l o d e segments v a r y i n s t r i k e from e a s t t o n o r t h e a s t ; t h e i r average d i p i s about 45°r'?"6ver i t s s t r i k e e x t e n t the g r o s s w i d t h o f the l o d e ranges from about 10 t o 100 f e e t . L i k e o t h e r major l o d e s i n t h e S l o c a n camp, i t i s a s i n g l e t o m u l t i p l e -s t r a n d e d f a u l t s t r u c t u r e . Lode f i l l i n g s c o m p r i s e s h e a r e d b r e c c i a t e d w a l l r o c k s , w h ich a r e more o r l e s s v e i n e d and/or impregnated by gangues composed o f v a r i e d p r o p o r t i o n s o f q u a r t z , c a l c i t e , s i d e r i t e , and p y r i t e . The g r o s s s t r u c t u r e i s e s s e n t i a l l y a t e a r f a u l t , a l o n g w h i ch hanging w a l l ground has s h i f t e d e a s t w a r d and downward r e l a t i v e t o f o o t w a l l ground; l o c a l l y , m u l l i o n s and/or s l i c k e n s i d e s p i t c h from 0° to 40°. Economic c o n c e n t r a t i o n s o f a r g e n t i f e r o u s g a l e n a and s p h a l e r i t e - u s u a l l y c o n t a i n i n g some t e t r a h e d r i t e , t e n n a n t i t e , o r 'ruby s i l v e r ' - c o n s t i t u t e the o r e b o d i e s .

The r e c o r d e d p r o d u c t i o n from the s e p a r a t e o r e b o d i e s w i t h i n the C a r n e g i e segment o f t h e main l o d e i s :

Orebody Tons of Ore @Ag, o z / t o n Pb,% Zn,% Hope 26, 000 29.0 11.0 (?) S i l v e r s m i t h & E x t . 227,000 17.0 6.6 3.8 S l o c a n S t a r 145,194 23.7 14.5 2.0(1) RichmondEureka 42,535 19.1 6.2 2.2(1)

(1) P a r t o f d i s c a r d e d Zn l a t e r r e c o v e r e d from mine dumps.

(B) Ivanhoe Lode

T h i s s t r u c t u r e has been t r a c e d , from west t o e a s t , from i t s o u t c r o p on t h e n o r t h s l o p e o f S i l v e r Ridge a c r o s s Idaho B a s i n and S i l v e r s m i t h Ridge t o a near - j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e Adams l o d e some 400 f e e t west o f Sandon Creeek. E a s t o f Sandon Creek i t appears t o d i v e r g e a c u t e l y from t h e Adams s t r u c t u r e . Where exposed on the h e a d w a l l b l u f f s o f Ivanhoe B a s i n , t h e l o d e i s an i r r e g u l a r zone of f r a c t u r i n g and s h e a r i n g a c r o s s a w i d t h o f about 40 f e e t . To the west

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of the C a r n e g i e c l a i m s , and i n c l u d i n g i t s p r o d u c t i v e i n t e r v a l under S i l v e r R i d g e , i t s t r i k e s a l i t t l e s o u t h o f west and has an average 45° dip, t o the s o u t h . I t was p r o d u c t i v e o v e r a v e r t i c a l d i s t a n c e o f 325 f e e t w i t h i n t h e upper t w o t h i r d s o f t h e v e r t i c a l range o f t h e mine w o r k i n g s . W i t h i n C a r n e g i e ' s p r o p e r t y i t s t r i k e s e a s t e r l y t h r o u g h S i l v e r s m i t h Ridge and a c r o s s Sundon Creek; e a s t o f Sandon Creek, t h r o u g h Sandon Ridge i t s t r i k e s N.E. , t h e n S.E., w i t h d i p s as h i g h as 80° s o u t h . I t s s t r i k e - l e n g t h w i t h i n the p r o p e r t y i s about 5,000 f e e t .

T o t a l r e c o r d e d p r o d u c t i o n i s 44,416 t o n s @ Ag, 10.3 o z / t o n ; Pb, 5.9%; Zn, 0.8%. Records o f Z i n c p r o d u c t i o n a r e i n c o m p l e t e ; t y p i c a l l y , t h i s m e t a l was s o r t e d o u t o f e a r l i e r mine p r o d u c t i o n .

(C) Adams Lode

L i k e t h e Main l o d e , t h e Adams i s a major d i s t r i c t s t r u c t u r e . Dwg. No. P.G. - 1 i n d i c a t e s a N.E. s t r i k e from Adams Peak t o S i l v e r ­s m i t h Ridge; thence e a s t e r l y t o n o r t h e a s t e r l y t r e n d s , l i k e the I v a n ­hoe l o d e , t o and beyond i t s convergence w i t h t h i s s t r u c t u r e . I t ' s l e n g t h w i t h i n t h e p r o p e r t y i s a l s o about 5,000 f e e t . Rare exposures i n d i c a t e a u n i f o r m l y s t e e p s o u t h e r l y d i p o f 75 A80°. The l o d e i s exposed o n l y on Adams Peak and Sandon R i d g e , and r a t h e r d o u b t f u l l y i n d i c a t e d a t one o r two p o i n t s on t h e S i l v e r s m i t h Ridge (and sou t h f o r k o f Sandon C r e e k ? ) . R e l a t i v e h a n g i n g w a l l / f o o t w a l l d i s p l a c e m e n t on t h i s s t r u c t u r e a p p e a r s , on v e r y i n d i r e c t e v i d e n c e , t o exceed t h a t on most o t h e r d i s t r i c t l o d e s . P r o b a b l y because i t i s exposed a t o n l y two p o i n t s above t i m b e r l i n e , and i s o b s c u r e d e l s e w h e r e by heavy d r i f t and t a l u s , i t was n o t a p p r e c i a b l y e x p l o r e d d u r i n g t h e e a r l i e r y e a r s o f m i n i n g a c t i v i t y i n t h e camp. Recorded o r e p r o d u c t i o n i s o n l y 11 t o n s , c o n t a i n i n g 100 o z / t o n s i l v e r and 50% l e a d .

W h i s t l e r Lode

Because o f i t s weak appearance and l o c a l tendency t o s t r a n d o u t on b e d d i n g p l a n e s , i t s h o u l d be p r o b a b l y c l a s s i f i e d as a 'minor l o d e . ' I t i s exposed by (2) a d i t s near Sandon Creek and t e n t a t i v e l y , by the pres e n c e o f s h e a r i n g on Sandon Ridge. An e a s t e r l y t o n o r t h e a s t e r l y s t r i k e and s t e e p s o u t h e r l y d i p s have been i n f e r r e d . I t s Sandon Creek exposures r e v e a l 2-6 f e e t o f g r a p h i t i c gouge and sh e a r e d sediments; however nearby o u t c r o p s c o n t a i n s m a l l l e n s y v e i n l e t s o f q u a r t z and c a r b o n a t e ( ? ) . There i s no r e c o r d o f p r o d u c t i o n from t h i s l o d e .

SUMMARY - GENERAL ORE CONTROLS

These a r e e s s e n t i a l l y s t r u c t u r a l , i n t h a t a l l a r e such as t o l e a d t o t h e c r e a t i o n o f openspace o r r e l a t i v e l y - p e r v i o u s c o n d i t i o n s f o r t h e m i g r a t i o n and l o c a l i z e d d e p o s i t i o n o f m i n e r a l s from a s c e n d i n g (?) m e t a l - c h a r g e d s o l u t i o n s .

(a) Zones o f i n t e r s e c t i n g o r c l o s e l y c o n v e r g i n g l o d e s t r a n d s . (b) Zones o f l o d e / f o r m a t i o n a l f a u l t i n t e r s e c t i o n s . (c) Warps o r bends r e l a t e d t o changes o f s t r i k e and/or d i p

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(w e s t - d i p p i n g ) p a n e l s o f r o c k o f d i f f e r i n g competence o r ha r d n e s s .

(d) Lode i n t e r v a l s where t h e w a l l s c o n s i s t o f m o d e r a t e l y t o s t e e p l y w e s t - d i p p i n g beds o f mixed competence o r hardness, and which t e n d t o produce l o d e - b r e c c i a s r a t h e r than g o u g y - f i l l i n g s .

(e) Where the l o d e s i t u a t e s o v e r p o r p h y r y o r s t r o n g q u a r t z i t e s and w i t h i n a l o d e - c o n f o r m a b l e p a n e l o f bed d i n g o f p h y s i c a l c h a r a c t e r such t h a t i t w i l l a r c h o r crumple t o produce open-space c o n d i t i o n s where t r a v e r s e d by a l o d e .

(f) M i s c e l l a n e o u s .

GENERAL LITHOLOGY

Most o f t h e map a r e a i s u n d e r l a i n by r e l a t i v e l y competent assemblages o f q u a r t z i t e , l i m e s t o n e , a r g i l l i t e , and mixed v a r i e t i e s o f t h e s e r o c k t y p e s . Assemblages may change i n c h a r a c t e r , on s t r i k e and d i p , because o f o r i g i n a l s h a l l o w - w a t e r c o n d i t i o n s o f s e d i m e n t a t i o n .

From h i s mapping o f ( p r i n c i p a l l y ) underground and s u r f a c e bed­r o c k e x p o s u r e s S . J. P e d l e y d e l i n e a t e d t h e f o l l o w i n g assemblages w i t h i n the C a r n e g i e c l a i m s :

(a) S i l v e r s m i t h h a n g ing w a l l : 600'-300' wide p o r p h r y ' s i l l ' -f l a n k e d by g e n e r a l l y competent l i m y q u a r z i t e s and ( v a r i a b l y q u a r t z i t i c ) a r g i l l i t e s .

(b) S l o c a n S t a r hanging w a l l : 1600'- wide p a n e l o f q u a r t z i t e s and a r g i l l i t e s .

(c) Richmond- Eureka hanging w a l l : 800'-wide p a n e l o f mixed q u a r t z i t e s , a r g i l l i t e s , and l i m e s t o n e s .

Much o f S i l v e r Ridge i s u n d e r l a i n by s t o n g l y bedded a r g i l l i t e s , g u a r t z i t e s , and l i m e s t o n e s , however, t h e i n f o r m a t i o n a t hand r e v e a l s l i t t l e about t h e l i t h o l o g y o f t h e upper Sandon Creek and B a s i n a r e a s .

The assemblages c o m p r i s i n g (a) (b) and (c) above p r o b a b l y extend southward t o form t h e f o o t w a l l s o f t h e W h i s t l e r and Adams l o d e s . I n view o f t h e major d i s p l a c e m e n t on t h e Adams l o d e , t h e above u n i t s s h o u l d o c c u r s e v e r a l hundreds o f f e e t e a s t w a r d i n t h e f o o t w a l l o f the^«^-«J

-Ivanhoe l o d e .

The 'Sandon B a s i n ' p o r p h y r y b o d i e s , i n the hanging w a l l o f the Sandon Creek i n t e r v a l o f t h e (Adams) Ivanhoe l o d e may f u r n i s h s i m i l a r h anging w a l l c o n d i t i o n s f o r m i n e r a l i z a t i o n as e x i s t e d w i t h i n the p r o d u c t i v e ' S i l v e r s m i t h ' segment o f t h e Main l o d e .

PRINCIPAL BEDDING STRUCTURES

(a) N o r t h o f Adams Lode:

The ' b l o c k ' o f sediments bounded on t h e n o r t h and s o u t h , r e s p e c ­t i v e l y , by the Main l o d e and Admams l o d e has been s t r o n g l y f o l d e d and f a u l t e d on bot h t h e s t r i k e and d i p o f t h e c o n s t i t u e n t beds -t h i s b e i n g most pronounced i n s e c t i o n s c o n t a i n i n g a h i g h p r o p o r t i o n

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o f t h i n l y - b e d d e d a r g i l l a c e o u s r o c k s . G e n e r a l r e v e r s a l s o f bedding d i p s a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y th e 4,000' and 5300' e l e v a t i o n s r e s p e c t i v e l y a r e i n t e r p r e t e d as b e i n g a t t h e c r e s t a l and a p p r o x i m a t e l y - h o r i z o n t a l a x i a l - p l a n e r e g i o n s of t h e 'Payne' and 'Queen Bess sub-elements o f t h e g e n e r a l S l o c a n F o l d . The w e s t - d i p p i n g p a n e l o f bedding between the above c r e s t - p l a n e s c o m p r i s e s th e s o - c a l l e d 'optimum p a n e l ' f o r m i n e r a l i z a t i o n a l o n g l o d e s w i t h i n t h e most p r o d u c t i v e a r e a s o f the camp. However, t h i s c o n s t i t u t e s o n l y a r e l a t i v e l y g e n e r a l s t r u c t u r a l c o n t r o l . I n most c a s e s , and i n r e s p e c t o f t h e i r v e r t i c a l e x t e n t , most o r e b o d i e s tended t o s i t u a t e w i t h i n e i t h e r one o r o t h e r c r e s t a l r e g i o n and the a d j a c e n t s e c t i o n o f m o r e - o r - l e s s w e s t - d i p p i n g beds. T h i s i s i n d i c a t e d by t h e r e l a t i v e p o s i t i o n s o f t h e Hope, S i l v e r s m i t h , and Richmond-Eureka o r e b o d i e s on t h e Main l o d e . I n t h i s r e s p e c t , t h e S l o c a n S t a r orebody may have been u n i q u e , i n t h a t i t may have extended c o n t i n u o u s l y from th e 'Payne' t o t h e 'Queen Bess' c r e s t -p r i o r t o t h e p o s s i b l e e r o s i o n o f i t s upper 400-500 f e e t .

W i t h i n t h e b l o c k o f sediments between the Main, and Adams-Ivanhoe l o d e s th e c r e s t a l s e c t i o n and lower l i m b o f t h e Queen Bess ( l o c . Richmond-Eureka) f o l d appear t o be p r e s e n t . A l s o , the a x i a l p l a n e o f t h e f o l d appears t o s i t u a t e a t about t h e 5300' e l e v a t i o n . T h i s a x i a l p o s i t i o n i s w i t h i n 200-300 f t . o f i t s e l e v a t i o n a t o t h e r r a t h e r w i d e l y - s e p a r a t e d mapped l o c a l i t i e s a l o n g the c o u r s e o f t h e Main l o d e ^ w h i c h f a c t s u g g e s t s t h a t perhaps to o much w e i g h t has been p l a c e d on t h e t h e o r y t h a t the p l u n g e s o f a l l minor d r a g f o l d s a r e i n d i c a t i v e o f the p l u n g e s o f the major f o l d s t r u c t u r e s t o w h i c h they are r e l a t e d .

The p o s i t i o n o f t h e Queen Bess a x i a l p l a n e shown on the map r e l a t e s t o the b e d d i n g s e c t i o n i n t h e f o o t w a l l o f t h e W h i s t l e r (minor) l o d e s and p r o b a b l y l i e s a t much the same e l e v a t i o n w i t h i n t h e f o o t w a l l beds o f t h e Adams - Ivanhoe l o d e . However, w i t h a major e a s t w a r d and downward r e l a t i v e h a n g ing w a l l d i s p l a c e m e n t on t h e l a t t e r and t h e absence o f s u f f i c i e n t d i r e c t e v i d e n c e , the Q.B. a x i a l p l a n e may be i n f e r r e d t o s i t u a t e a t a s i g n i f i c a n t l y lower e l e v a t i o n w i t h i n t h e f o l d e d b e d d i n g s e c t i o n i n , o r s o u t h o f t h e h anging w a l l o f t h e l o d e . T h i s p r o b a l i t y s h o u l d be weighed a l o n g w i t h o t h e r p h y s i c a l f a c t o r s d u r i n g t h e s e l e c t i o n o f t h e most o p t i ­mum h o r i z o n f o r e x p l o r a t i o n . The s e l e c t i o n o f s p e c i f i c s t r i k e and d i p i n t e r v a l s f o r d e t a i l e d s u b - s u r f a c e e x p l o r a t i o n would be based on the r e s u l t s o f r e c o n n a i s s a n c e - t o - d e t a i l e d g e o l o g i c a l mapping, g e o c h e m i c a l t r a c i n g and, p o s s i b l y , c o n c u r r e n t and/or f o l l o w u p t r e n c h i n g . C u r r e n t l y , t h e p r e l i m i n a r y g e o l o g i c a l mapping and i n t e r ­p r e t a t i o n s by C a r n e g i e suggest t h a t t h e main o r e p o t e n t i a l w i t h i n t h e South l o d e system might o c c u r , s t r i k e - w i s e , between p o i n t s s i t u a t i n g 1000 f t . west and 1500 f t . e a s t / n o r t h e a s t o f i t s g e n e r a l i n t e r s e c t i o n w i t h Sandon (main) Creek- t h i s i n f e r e n c e b e i n g based on i n d i c a t i o n s o f such f a v o u r a b l e supplemenatary o r e c o n t r o l s as p o r p h y r y h a n g i n g w a l l s , c o n v e r g e n t l o d e s t r a n d s , s t e e p d i p s , and a pronounced c o u n t e r - c l o c k w i s e bend i n the s t r i k e o f t h e l o d e .

COMMENTS PREVIOUS EXPLORATION

The f o l l o w i n g n o t e s r e f e r t o c e r t a i n d e b a t e a b l e g e o l o g i c a l c o n c e p t s o f t h e C a r n e g i e s t a f f , and t o s p e c i f i c e x p l o r a t o r y work c a r r i e d o u t by t h a t company.

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1. T a n g e n t i a l f a u l t s and l o d e s : I t was t h o ught t h a t f a u l t - s e p a r a t e d ore segments were p a r t s o f the same o r i g i n a l orebody and t h a t the " apparent" d i s p l a c e m e n t s were i n d i c a t i v e o f "throws" o f perhaps 500¬1000 f e e t ( i e . . Main and West S i l v e r s m i t h o r e b o d i e s ) . A c t u a l l y , the major t a n g e n t i a l f a u l t s and t h e l o d e s a r e e s s e n t a l l y c o n j u g a t e s t r u c t u r e s , and t h e d i s p l a c e m e n t s o b s e r v e d had been v e r y n e a r l y a c c o m p l i s h e d by t h e t i m e m i n e r a l i z a t i o n commenced. I n s t a n c e s where l o d e m i n e r a l i z a t i o n i s seen t o " t a i l " i n t o f a u l t zones p r o v i d e s the b e s t e v i d e n c e of t h i s f a c t . Some p o s t - o r e d i s p l a c e m e n t s on tangen­t i a l - f a u l t s o c c u r r e d , b u t , g e n e r a l l y , t h e s e were o f r e l a t i v e l y minor magnitude.

2. P o s i t i o n o f Major Recumbent F o l d s : These d i d n o t d e v e l o p i n t h e upper l i m b o f t h e main S l o c a n f o l d ; the p r e v a i l i n g o p i n i o n i s t h a t t hey perhaps r e l a t e t o i t s c e n t r a l r e g i o n , and t h a t i t s upper l i m b has been l a r g e l y removed by e r o s i o n .

3. P l u n g e s o f Major F o l d s : These have been deduced from measure­ment of p l u n g e s o f minor d r a g f o l d s , and a r e i n f e r r e d t o plunge a t 2 0 0 s o u t h e r l y towards the f o o t w a l l o f t h e South l o d e system. A c t u a l l y t h e i n t e r p r e t e d (map) plunge i s 10° o r l e s s , w i t h the e l e v a t i o n o f t h e Queen Bess c r e s t a t t h e W h i s t l e r l o d e b e i n g about the same as i t s i n t e r p r e t e d p o s i t i o n a t the Hope i n t e r v a l o f the Main l o d e . The minor d r a g f o l d s t h r o u g h o u t a b e d d i n g s e c t i o n are assumed t o r e l a t e t o pure d i p - s l i p i n t e r - b e d movements and c o n s e q u e n t l y plunge th e same as t h e major f o l d i n w h i c h t h e y o c c u r . However, i t i s p o s s i b l e t h a t concurrent: s t r i k e - s l i p d i s p l a c e m e n t s have caused an o v e r - r o t a t i o n o f some dr a g f o l d axes t o l o c a l l y produce anomalously s t e e p p l u n g e s .

4. E x p l o r a t i o n o f t h e West S i l v e r s m i t h Lode Segment: *v { - ' / ^ [

On the a s s u m p t i o n t h a t t h i s was the d o w n - f a u l t e d e x t e n s i o n o f t h e S i l v e r s m i t h orebody, i t was e x p l o r e d by 2 f a n s o f h o l e s d r i l l e d downward from the West S i l v e r s m i t h w o r k i n g s . The r e s u l t s gave no i n d i c a t i o n o f b e t t e r m i n e r a l i z a t i o n a t d e p t h , and g e n e r a l l y showed t h a t the above n o t e d a s s u m p t i o n was i n c o r r e c t . 5. " Depth E x p l o r a t i o n , South Lodes

T h i s was a c c o m p l i s h e d by d r i v i n g 10-51 X-C on a S.S.E. t o s o u t h b e a r i n g f o r 2870 f t . and d r i l l i n g upward from s t a t i o n s a t the f a c e and a t about 350 f t . back o f t h e f a c e . None o f t h e d r i l l h o l e s i n t e r s e c t e d s i g n i f i c a n t m i n e r a l i z a t i o n . X-Sec. A-A i n d i c a t e s t h a t two weak, v e r y s p a r s e l y m i n e r a l i z e d s t r u c t u r e s i n t e r s e c t e d by the c r o s s - c u t may be t h e Adams and/or Ivanhoe l o d e s - e x c l u d i n g t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of an u n r e c o g n i z e d d r i l l - h o l e i n t e r s e c t i o n due t o c o r i n g l o s s e s . However, i n v i e w o f t h e i m p o r t a n c e and c o s t o f the p r o j e c t i t would appear t h a t a d d i t i o n a l d r i l l h o l e s t o t e s t the s t r u c t u r e s w e l l t o t h e e a s t and west o f , and above the c r o s s - c u t would have been w a r r a n t e d a t t h a t t i m e .

A l s o , i t i s o b v i o u s t h a t b e d d i n g s t r u c t u r e s t o t h e n o r t h and s o u t h of t h e Main l o d e must be s i g n i f i c a n t l y d i f f e r e n t , and t h a t an e a s t - d i p p a n e l o f b e d d i n g i n t h e zone o f t h e c r o s s - c u t was c e r t a i n l y not a n t i c i p a t e d .

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EXPLORATION PROBABILITIES & LIMITATIONS

As n o t e d p r e v i o u s l y , t h e p r e l i m i n a r y g e o l o g i c a l c o m p i l a t i o n i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e C a r n e g i e segment o f the South l o d e system comprises a s i g n i f i c a n t l y b e t t e r - t h a n - a v e r a g e e x p l o r a t i o n b e t . T h i s e v a l u a t i o n i s based on t h e p r e s e n c e and/or c o - o c c u r r e n c e o f t h r e e t o f o u r f a v o u r a b l e l o c a l s t r u c t u r a l s i t u a t i o n s w i t h i n a g e n e r a l l y f a v o u r a b l e s t r u c t u r a l framework. W i t h t h i s , t h e s c a l e o f the s m a l l e s t o f the p o s s i b l e o re c o n t r o l s i s such t h a t one c o u l d a n t i c i p a t e the e x i s t e n c e o f an o r e b l o c k w i t h a 400 f o o t s t r i k e - l e n g t h , a s i m i l a r d i p e x t e n t , and 5 f o o t m i n i n g width-, i n c l u d i n g d i l u t i o n . Assuming t h a t a l i t t l e b e t t e r t h a n 60% o f t h i s would c o m p r i s e mineable o r e , the n e t tonnage p o t e n t i a l would be about 50,000 t o n s . On t h e b a s i s o f the r e c o r d e d grade o f t h e Ivanhoe p r o d u c t i o n , i t w o u l d appear s a f e t o f o r e c a s t an a f t e r - t j f a x -a?K-prof i t p o t e n t i a l o f $20 p e r t o n .

The e x p l o r a t i o n a r e a above t h e 5000' c o n t o u r on Sandon C r . i s r e l a t i v e l y c l o s e t o Sandon w i t h i n an a p p a e n t l y moderate t o p o g r a p h i c s e t t i n g ; hence, s u b j e c t t o ̂ ( g r o u n d c h e c k s , t h e a r e a i s c o n s i d e r e d e a s i l y a c c e s s i b l e on b o t h a g e n e r a l and a l o c a l b a s i s .

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